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* MeaningfulName: Well, he's [[CaptainObvious metallic.]]
* MeaningfulName: Well, he's [[CaptainObvious metallic.]]
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** Recently though, he has shown some vulnerability, actually staggering from one of Igneel's MegatonPunch{{s}} and, as of chapter 412, was [[spoiler: smashed into the ground by the very same dragon]]. The later might be a case of WorfHadTheFlu though, as Mard Geer states that [[spoiler: Face would affect even Acnologia, which makes sense given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer turned with magic, and the device had finally activated by that point]]. Even then, it seems that all [[spoiler:Igneel]] accomplished was pissing him off.
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** Recently though, he has shown some vulnerability, actually staggering from one of Igneel's MegatonPunch{{s}} and, as of chapter 412, was [[spoiler: smashed into the ground by the very same dragon]]. The later might be a case of WorfHadTheFlu though, as Mard Geer states that [[spoiler: Face would affect even Acnologia, which makes sense given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer turned with magic, and the device had finally activated by that point]]. Even then, it seems that all [[spoiler:Igneel]] accomplished was pissing him off. [[spoiler:In the end, Igneel was only able to leave a [[AnArmAndALeg lasting injury]] at the cost of his own life]].
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* Badass: He's the first character ever shown to actually injure [[spoiler:Agnologia]], and while he ultimately loses... [[spoiler:[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath badly]]]]... he noted to be [[spoiler:half-dead, which brings into question how much he could have done in his prime]].
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* Badass: {{Badass}}: He's the first character ever shown to actually injure [[spoiler:Agnologia]], and while he ultimately loses... [[spoiler:[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath badly]]]]... he noted to be [[spoiler:half-dead, which brings into question how much he could have done in his prime]].
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* TheJuggernaut: All but stated to be the strongest race in the series. They all have terrifying firepower, and nothing short of other Dragons (or humans who've learned their magic) can make them so much as flinch.
* Badass: He's the first character ever shown to actually injure [[spoiler:Agnologia]], and while he ultimately loses... [[spoiler:[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath badly]]]]... he noted to be [[spoiler:half-dead, which brings into question how much he could have done in his prime]].
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: He had nothing but respect in his tone when he described [[spoiler:Igneel after his death]], claiming he was the greatest of their race and loved humans like no other. He even asks that the other members of Fairy Tail to never allow his name to become blemished.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:Despite their interactions from what we've seen being of barely contained antagonism (from his side at least)]], Grandine had nothing but respect in her tone when she described [[spoiler:Igneel after his death]], claiming he was the greatest of their race and loved humans like no other. She even asks that the other members of Fairy Tail to never allow his name to become blemished.
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* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: Apparently, the trade-off for the dragons sealing themselves inside their children is that it prevents them from accessing Dragon Force at will. And even if they could, in the case of newer Gen slayers like Sting and Rogue, their Dragon Force is not as strong as it's supposed to be. Dragon Force allows the user to become closer to a dragon in power and physical characteristics (hence the scales). So basically, Dragon Force is the first step towards Dragon-hood which is what Igneel & co. were trying to prevent. ]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:With him taking a more [[YouKilledMyFather active]] role since the ''Tartaros'' arc, he seems to be forming one with both Zeref and E.N.D. for the endgame]].
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: Humans (his former species) are vermin, other dragons are an eyesore (though he can at least be bothered to speak to them), and demons are abominations.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Zig-zagged; he's dead in the present, and was temporarily revived by Wendy's Milky Way spell. We later see him as alive, thanks to the TimyWimeyBall plot of the Eclipse Gate, but once the Eclipse Gate is destroyed, he goes back to being dead.
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* BreakTheBadass: According to Atlas Flame, he was on the receiving end of this from a demon known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast E.N.D.]] The kicker? E.N.D. just so happens to be the Guild Master of Tartarus, the same guild that massacred the Magic Council and seems hell-bent to KillAllHumans.
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* BreakTheBadass: According to Atlas Flame, he was on the receiving end of this from a demon known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast E.N.D.]] The kicker? E.N.D. just so happens to be the Guild Master of Tartarus, the same guild that massacred the Magic Council and seems hell-bent to KillAllHumans. [[spoiler:Also, that demon's name happens to be '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]].
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* HumansAreSpecial: A firm believer of this, and according to Grandine, no other Dragon believed it more so than him. Igneel himself admits, [[spoiler:right before his death]], it was all thanks to Natsu.
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* TheGhost: Mentioned quite a few times, but never actually appears outside of an illusion created by Gajeel. [[spoiler:Atleast until Chapter 412]]
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* DeadAllAlong: It's revealed that [[spoiler:the dragons had their souls ripped out by Acnologia centuries ago, leaving them in a half-dead state. It was only by possessing the Dragon Slayers that they were able to sustain themselves]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Dragon-slayers' Dragon parents leave their childrens' bodies to destroy the Faces, knowing that leaving them would mean their deaths.]]
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*** Taken further in chapter 415 when the Dragons reveal that [[spoiler:Acnologia already killed them long ago by draining their souls. They are all LivingOnBorrowedTime.LivingOnBorrowedTime...which runs out at the end of the chapter.]]
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Chapter 415 reveals that all of the Dragon-slayers' Dragon parents were badly weakened [[spoiler:after Acnologia drained their lifeforce long ago]]. When Igneel fought him, he was already half-dead.
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* {{Expy}}: Between DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou and him [[spoiler: sacrificing his life]] to save his son from the most powerful evil being on the planet, he seems to be [[Anime/RaveMaster Gale Glory]] as a dragon. And considering Natsu is clearly an {{Expy}} of Haru...
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* ObiwanMoment: Spends [[spoiler:his final moments before Acnologia vaporizes him]] telling Natsu that he learned to love humans because of him and that the days raising him were the happiest in his life.
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* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:His [[FamousLastWords final]] telepathic message to Natsu, stating that the days he spent with him were the happiest of his whole life and that he gave him the power to love humans.]]
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Dragons are magnificent, if rarely seen, beings. Some are good, and others are bad (especially [[TheDreaded one]] in particular).
''Here be spoilers.''
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!Dragons
[[folder:In General]]
Dragons in ''Manga/FairyTail'' are rarely seen by human beings, and are thus considered mythical creatures. However, they have existed since ancient times.
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* BreathWeapon: All dragons have some form of this or another.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:TheDragonsComeBack at just the right moment to stop Face.]]
* ElementalPowers: So far nearly all the dragons have powers over elements, with some of them being seemingly made of said elements.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Zirconis stated the dragons who liked humans taught them dragon slayer magic to fight off against the ones who found them rather delicious. Unfortunately, they didn't account humans using the powers on ''all dragons''. And one of those slayers later turns into Acnologia.
* MadeOfIron: Aside from Dragon Slayer magic and other dragons, they are capable of [[NoSell No Selling]] and shrugging off any attack done them without any effort. Even a minor one like Atlas Flame can laugh off [[{{Badass}} Makarov, a wizard saint]].
** Remember how Dragon Slayer is supposed to harm them? In theory, it should have damaged them. In practice, it's as useless as any other kind of magic unless it is powerful enough. And this is magic that is made for these behemoths.
* NoNameGiven: The Dark Dragon that fought Gajeel and the Rock Dragon that fought Cobra.
* NoSell: Normal magic won't leave so much as a scratch. Neither will Dragon Slayer magic unless it is ''really'' powerful.
** Though it is becoming increasingly apparent that [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] have little trouble with them. This is probably because Curses, which demons use, [[UnequalRites don't count as magic, and thus is exempt from this rule.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: There are two kinds of dragons: those who love humans, and those who'd love to ''[[IAmAHumanitarian eat]]'' them. [[TheJuggernaut Both kinds are downright unstoppable]].
** And as far as physical characteristics go, these guys are all over the place. There are some standard looking dragons, then there are the ones that are made of rocks, surrounded by flames, have feathers, one even has big ass blades sticking out of his face.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: Apparently, the trade-off for the dragons sealing themselves inside their children is that it prevents them from accessing Dragon Force at will. And even if they could, in the case of newer Gen slayers like Sting and Rogue, their Dragon Force is not as strong as it's supposed to be. Dragon Force allows the user to become closer to a dragon in power and physical characteristics (hence the scales). So basically, Dragon Force is the first step towards Dragon-hood which is what Igneel & co. were trying to prevent. ]]
* TakesOneToKillOne: One of the only things that can hurt a Dragon is another Dragon. Dragon Slayers can hurt Dragons because their magic ''is'' Dragon magic. Demons may be an exception [[spoiler:since Silver's Ice Devil Slayer power was able to freeze Atlas Flame's spirit. Then again, Atlas Flame was already dead, being a spirit.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: As Mavis notes, ''none'' of the Dragon Slayers actually manage to slay a single dragon (all of which are implied to not even be on Acnologia's level), and they are equipped with magic that is supposed to make it possible. For perspective, Zirconis is the ButtMonkey who has the upper hand over two Dragon Slayers (one being S-class), while the other dragons are against one at most, without even trying.
** Worse still is the fact that the Dragon Slayers were the only seven people among hundreds of powerful mages that could even hurt them. And considering the implication that Acnologia is coming back in a year, humanity might be screwed.
* WeaksauceWeakness: While the dragons seems to be impervious to magic, even powerful and ancient spells or normally game-breaking powers, they can be damaged by the Dragon Slayer magic. In fact even if the seven Dragon Slayers failed to kill them, they still managed to make them flinch with their attacks.
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[[folder:Igneel]]
!!Igneel
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The King of Fire Dragons. He's Natsu's foster father, as well as the one who taught him Dragon Slayer magic. He disappeared mysteriously seven years before the start of the story, but still watches over Natsu from afar.
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* ActionDad: To Natsu, though he's obviously not Natsu's biological father.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: According to Atlas Flame, he is the King of the Fire Dragons.
* BigGood: [[spoiler: He serves this role by the time the Tartaros arc rolls around, when he finally comes out of hiding to battle [[BiggerBad Acnologia]], with Mavis serving as the secondary BigGood to Zeref's BigBad]]
* BreakTheBadass: According to Atlas Flame, he was on the receiving end of this from a demon known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast E.N.D.]] The kicker? E.N.D. just so happens to be the Guild Master of Tartarus, the same guild that massacred the Magic Council and seems hell-bent to KillAllHumans.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Igneel manages to tear off [[spoiler:Acnologia's]] arm in chapter 414 in a SingleStrokeBattle. His opponent in turn [[spoiler:took away most of Igneel's torso before vaporizing him.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: [[spoiler:Acnologia knows where Natsu lives, anyway. His reappearance causes Igneel to wonder aloud if he finally has no choice but to make his move.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The [[MementoMacGuffin scarf]] he gave to Natsu went on to save him from Zeref's Death Magic.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Actually, ''all'' of the dragons were hiding inside of the Dragon Slayers to prevent them from being turned into dragons like Acnologia.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Natsu must have inherited it from him.
-->'''[[spoiler:Acnologia]]:''' ([[spoiler:As he's delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]]) Is that all of your power? King of the Flame Dragons.
-->'''Igneel:''' I've been sleeping for a long time.
** DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He says the above with a shit-eating grin on his face while covered in blood and scars. He's definitely Natsu's dad, balls of steel included.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Bites off Acnologia's entire arm fight before dying, himself.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:In Chapter 412, Igneel seems to have gotten in a good shot at Acnologia, as Acnologia is seen being thrown to the ground from way high up. That said, Mard Geer ''did'' imply that Acnologia could be affected by Face, so it could have also been a combination of the two. But even then, Acnologia is still not down and out.]]
* DisappearedDad: To Natsu.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath[=/=]StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Which Natsu had a front-row seat for. Mashima clearly has no problem with {{gorn}} when it comes to non-humans.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has some scars over his body.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler:Throughout the entire series, he has been [[ItMakesSenseInContext hiding inside of Natsu]]. He finally emerges when he had no choice but to intervene, or risk losing Natsu (and by extension, possibly himself) to Acnologia's onslaught.]]
* HotBlooded: Natsu inherited his temper from him.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Acnologia.]]
* KirkSummation: [[spoiler:Tried one of these on Acnologia. [[ShutUpKirk It goes as well as you'd expect]].]]
* PlayingWithFire: The Fire Dragon.
** BreathWeapon
** IncendiaryExponent: Can wreath himself in flames.
* MeaningfulName: 'Igneel' sounds very similar to 'Dragneel,' and 'ignis' is the Latin root for 'fire.'
* MegatonPunch: His own version of the Fire Dragon Iron Fist, and it's strong enough to make ''[[spoiler: Acnologia]]'' stagger.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: A ''rare'' heroic example. [[spoiler: He takes his sweet time for '''''14 years''''' before he finally gets off his ass to do something about Acnologia, preferring to let his son do all the work before that. Especially egregious when he could've come out the first time Acnologia came out to play 7 years ago. (Granted, Mavis saves Fairy Tail's entire ass in the end, but still....) ]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: The second reason he hid inside of Natsu. [[spoiler:He wanted to take a shot at Acnologia, himself. Leads to his undoing.]]
* SaveTheVillain: Unintentionally, but his actions count. [[spoiler:Acnologia was about to kill Marde Guille, and by extension, destroy E.N.D.'s Book of Zeref, with its WaveMotionGun BreathWeapon. Igneel rams into Acnologia before it could finish charging, interrupting it. Probably [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], however, considering Acnologia's BreathWeapon enters FantasticNuke territory with just how much destruction it causes with one use, and that it would have probably killed everyone else in and around Magnolia if it had had a chance to fire.]]
* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:When Acnologia returns during the battle against Fairy Tail and Tartarus, Igneel reveals he's been inside Natsu ever since he disappeared.]].
** [[spoiler: SealedInAPersonShapedCan]]
* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:How Acnologia kills him.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Shown to be smiling and laughing when near Natsu, but is far more rude and bad-tempered when Grandine's around.
* TheWorfBarrage: [[spoiler:Blasts Acnologia with a point-blank BreathWeapon. [[NoSell It didn't even scratch it.]]]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Acnologia]] acknowledges him as one, which is why [[spoiler:Acnologia]] is both willing to speak to him and actually try his best to kill him instead of [[JustToyingWithThem simply toying with him]].
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: What's that, Natsu? You wanna have a heart-to-heart with your DisappearedDad? [[spoiler:Nope! Go get E.N.D.'s [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book of Zeref]] from Marde Guille first. And [[TemptingFate don't you dare open it]].]]
** YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal It will never happen now]].]]
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[[folder:Metalicana]]
!!Metalicana
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The Iron Dragon who raised Gajeel. Not much is known about him.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He, Grandine, Skiadrum, and Weißlogia appeared, and began destroying the Faces. They may not have destroyed ''all'' of them, but magic won't be completely wiped out due to their efforts.]]
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:He, like Igneel, wanted to prevent Gajeel from becoming a dragon like Acnologia.]]
* DisappearedDad: To Gajeel.
* ExtraOreDinary: The Iron Dragon.
* TheGhost: Mentioned quite a few times, but never actually appears outside of an illusion created by Gajeel. [[spoiler:Atleast until Chapter 412]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Implied to be one by Gajeel.
* MeaningfulName
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[[folder:Grandine]]
!!Grandine[[note]]"Grandeeney" in the Del Ray manga translation[[/note]]
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The Sky Dragon who raised Wendy. Not much is known about her.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Appeared with Metalicana, Skiadrum, and Weißlogia to destroy the Faces in order to prevent the eradication of magic.]]
* BlowYouAway: As part of her "Sky" powers, she can manipulate winds.
* LightEmUp: Implied as part of her powers.
* MeaningfulName: Grandine is Italian for "hail".
* MissingMom: To Wendy.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: [[spoiler:Come on, you don't want cute little Wendy to become a dragon like Acnologia, do you?]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: She has a small, triangular head and has feathery wings.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Grandine/Grandeeney
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[[folder:Acnologia]]
!!Acnologia
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The Black Dragon who flies around the world, bringing destruction to wherever dark thoughts gather. When he WasOnceAMan in his youth, he was the most powerful and feared Dragon Slayer ''ever'', having wracked up an enormous body count of dragons. Somehow, he himself morphed into a dragon, and is considered such a menace that it is believed only after ''Zeref himself'' is killed that anybody has a chance against him.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Igneel bites his arm off right before being killed, himself. At least he went down fighting.]]
* {{Animorphism}}: He was once a human.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Probably the one thing that could make [[spoiler:Tartarus]] have a MassOhCrap reaction.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He became the Dragon King by killing many other dragons and eventually transformed into one.
** He also takes over the world in Future Rogue's timeline.
* {{Badass}}: [[PunyEarthlings Not that it would care about anyone pointing this out]], but he takes out ''21'' of Fairy Tail's most powerful mages [[CurbStompBattle in one shot.]]
** BreakTheBadass: What he does to Fairy Tail.
** In hindsight, he was really {{Badass}} as a human, considering he killed ''masses'' of Dragons. The top guilds had trouble with a mere seven; Acnologia likely killed ''hundreds'' on its ''own''.
* BiggerBad: He is more of a force of nature than a person (mainly because he rarely talks), and he tends to hide in the background while actual villains take up the spotlight. The primary focus is currently on Zeref, whose Tartarus minions menace the common folk in his place, but he remains a far more threatening creature. The heroes believe they have ''no shot'' against him until they kill Zeref himself.
* BloodKnight: He ''really'' enjoyed slaying dragons when he was human.
* BoomerangBigot: Looks down on humans despite being one once. Judging by [[spoiler:what he says to Igneel]], he doesn't like ''Dragons'' either.
* BreathWeapon[=/=]WaveMotionGun: It appeared to have turned Sirius Island into a crater.
* DarkIsEvil: Or at least, dark is indiscriminately destructive.
* TheDreaded: He is a creature so powerful, so dangerous, that '''Zeref himself''' fears him, considering him to be a being that humans could never match. Whenever he appears, a MassOhCrap is sure to follow, first at Sirius Island (where even Gildartz, Mavis, and Makarov were speechless), and then with the entirety of Tartaros (even the egotistical Mard Geer had to sweatdrop at his appearance).
* DiabolusExMachina: He always shows up as a way to say "Fuck you" to anybody who thinks they're about to win. It often has nothing to do with him, yet he shows up anyway, purely to fuck with people.
** While celebrating their survival in their win against Grimoire Heart, out of nowhere and with little warning, Acnologia comes and toys with Fairy Tail before destroying the entire island outright with a single breath-attack.
** He becomes this ''again'' during the Tartarus arc. [[ArcVillain Marde Geer]] speculates that, once again, he was drawn to Zeref's presence (Zeref himself is ''terrified'' of the motherfucker, mind).
* FallenHero: Considering he was one of the Slayers that was trained to help bring humans and dragons closer, it probably wouldn't be a stretch to say he was once seen by many as a potential savior to humanity and the dragon's dreams. Then he started to [[KillEmAll kill his own allies willingly]]...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A subtle one during the Sirius Island arc: when Acnologia manages to pin Makarov to the ground, rather than mauling him like a beast he hits him with his arms, in other words, like a person punching someone. Much later we find out that he actually was a human.
* TheJuggernaut: If the top guilds, Fairy Tail included, struggled with 7 lowly Dragons, then the Sirius Island group truly didn't have a single hope of stopping this behemoth.
* JustToyingWithThem: Gildarts notices that Acnologia is simply toying with the Fairy Tail wizards when he attacks them.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: An interesting example. [[spoiler:Acnologia wanted to take the opportunity to kill Marde Guille and destroy E.N.D.'s [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book of Zeref]] while he was on his rampage, and was about to hit Marde Guille with his BreathWeapon, which would have destroyed E.N.D. - and probably everyone else in a ten mile radius - in the process, ensuring E.N.D. can never be resurrected. [[SaveTheVillain Igneel intervened just in time.]]]] Borders on DangerouslyGenreSavvy, given how they work.
* KillEmAll: His creed as a Dragon Slayer. Not so much that he was being a KnightTemplar about his role, but moreso that he ''really'' liked his job, and massacred all dragons he came across, friend or foe, pretty much because he could.
* KnightOfCerebus: When you can pull off a MassOhCrap reaction...
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He turned into a dragon after slaying many of them, though it is implied he was transformed due to separate means.
** HeroKiller: He's the reason Gildarts is missing his left arm and most of his organs.
*** Taken [[UpToEleven up to eleven]] when it tries to blow up Sirius Island and everyone on it. Thanks to the power of Fairy Sphere, they survive.
*** And again when he [[spoiler:kills Igneel, rather graphically. Right in front of Natsu.]]
* MeaningfulName: Given one in 401 thanks to AlternateCharacterReading . It means [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Advent of End Times.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Black Dragon of the Apocalypse."
* NighInvulnerable: So far, it has shrugged off Makarov's [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Titan form]], a CombinationAttack from the best mages on Fairy Tail's roster (including four different Dragon Slayers), and even [[spoiler:Igneel's BreathWeapon]]. This thing is [[TheJuggernaut virtually unstoppable]].
** Recently though, he has shown some vulnerability, actually staggering from one of Igneel's MegatonPunch{{s}} and, as of chapter 412, was [[spoiler: smashed into the ground by the very same dragon]]. The later might be a case of WorfHadTheFlu though, as Mard Geer states that [[spoiler: Face would affect even Acnologia, which makes sense given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer turned with magic, and the device had finally activated by that point]]. Even then, it seems that all [[spoiler:Igneel]] accomplished was pissing him off.
* OmnicidalManiac: Openly states his intention to destroy everything.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Just as intelligent and capable of speech as the other dragons in the series. He is also ruthless, brutal, and completely chaotic. Not to mention, he WasOnceAMan.
* [[MyGreatestFailure Our Greatest Failure]]: [[spoiler:Igneel]] refers to him as the negative legacy the dragons left behind. Considering that he was meant to be one of the heroes that would bring humans and dragons closer together, it wouldn't be a stretch to say Acnologia is the embodiment of everything that could have and did go wrong with that plan.
* PhysicalGod: Quite possibly the closest thing to one in the Fairy-Tail-verse. His sheer power makes everyone who sees him, including the likes of [[TheDreaded Zeref]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer]], go OhCrap, he NoSell{{s}} everything that's thrown at him (including Magic that's [[NighInvulnerable supposed to be able to kill his kind]]), and he utterly destroys everything that gets in his way. When Zeref says that humans could never hope to match him, he's speaking ''literally''.
* {{Pride}}: Considers himself far above everything and everyone, humans and Dragons alike. He won't even speak to humans.
* PunyEarthlings: Acnologia considers humans to be no more that mere insects and--just as humans have no desire to talk or reason with insects--has no desire to talk or reason with humans, despite the fact that he used to be human.
* RedBaron: "The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse" and "The Dragon King". Marde also calls him Darkwing Acnologia.
* RoarBeforeBeating: Later on, he almost completely destroys the island in a few swings were it not for the intervention of Makarov and Mavis.
* RunOrDie: The common reaction to his appearance is to either stop whatever you're doing and leg it as fast as you can in the opposite direction or prepare to make your LastStand.
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: The first time we ever hear him bother to speak is during his fight with Igneel, when he notes that he's surprised to see another dragon after so long. He goes so far to say that he acknowledges the Fire Dragon King as an opponent... right before voicing his decision to destroy him.]]
* SuperpersistentPredator: The moment it senses Zeref's presence, it immediately makes a beeline for him.
* TranshumanTreachery: ''Strongly'' implied by [[spoiler:Igneel]] to have been the case with him. Whether or not Zeref had anything to do with it still isn't quite confirmed.
* WalkingSpoiler: Well, technically, [[CaptainObvious it flies]].
* WasOnceAMan: Acnologia was once a Dragon Slayer who was turned into a Dragon via an unknown method. Turns out this is something that happens to ''all'' Dragon Slayers eventually, [[spoiler:unless they have certain antibodies to prevent it. The present-day Dragon Slayers' Dragon parents sealed themselves in their children for seven years to create those antibodies.]]
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Just having this monster fly overhead creates a shockwave so powerful that it can topple an entire building.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Implied as of chapter 412. [[spoiler: Mard Geer speculated earlier that Face's activation would affect Acnologia as well, given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer transformed by magic. Sure enough, once Face is activated, Acnologia comes a-tumbling down from the sky hit by one of Igneel's strikes, seemingly defeated.]] He [[TheJuggernaut still gets up from this.]]
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[[folder:Weißlogia]]
!!Weißlogia
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The White Dragon who raised Sting, and was killed by him to turn him into a "true" Dragon Slayer.
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* BadassBeard: As seen in a picture, he was bearded and apparently quite aged.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Reappears with Metalicana, Grandine, and Skiadrum to destroy the Faces.]]
* DeathSeeker: By letting Sting kill him and bathe in his blood, Weißlogia hoped to create the ultimate Dragon Slayer.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:He was never dead. He was just hiding inside of Sting to prevent him from being turned into a dragon like Acnologia.]]
* GoodCounterpart: Perhaps to Acnologia, judging by their names having the same ending.
* HolyHandGrenade: Contrary to popular belief, White magic, which he taught to Sting, is ''not'' Light magic (which is its own specific brand and was used by a former member of Fairy Tail) - it's the equivalent of Holiness.
** HolyBurnsEvil: What his magic is implied to do.
** LightEmUp: White magic causes a white glow to surround the caster, but otherwise, is not related to Light magic in any way.
* MeaningfulName: "Weiß" is German for "white".
* OddNameOut: Weißlogia's title is the "White Dragon" rather than the "Light Dragon".
** Because his magic is "holy", not "light".
* PosthumousCharacter: Sting killed him years ago. [[spoiler:Except [[SubvertedTrope not really]].]]
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[[folder:Skiadrum]]
!!Skiadrum
The Shadow Dragon who raised Rogue, and was killed by him to turn him into a "true" Dragon Slayer.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Returned with the other dragons to destroy the Faces.]]
* CastingAShadow: He is a Shadow Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a dark dragon, he still taught humans how to defend themselves like Igneel.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He was hiding inside of Rogue to prevent him from becoming a dragon like Acnologia. [[FridgeHorror And he might have been suffering inside of him all of that time]].]]
* [[IllGirl Ill Dragon]]: He was deathly ill and was {{Mercy Kill}}ed by Rogue. [[spoiler:However as he faked his death, he also may have faked his illness too.]]
* IntangibleMan: According to Rogue, the Shadow Dragon can make itself intangible in order to hunt its prey.
* MeaningfulName: "Skia" is Greek for "shadow".
* MercyKill: What Rogue does to him. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Except not really]].]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Rogue killed him years ago because he was terminally ill. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or so we thought]].]]
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[[folder:Seven Dragons]]
During the Grand Magic Games, Future Rogue tricks Princess Hisui into opening the Eclipse Gate so he can summon these seven dragons from 400 years in the past to defeat Acnologia.
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%%* {{Badass}}: It comes with being a dragon.
* BreathWeapon: Not all of them breathe fire, but their breath attacks are still powerful enough to split the entire town of Crocus in half.
* ElementalPowers: Nearly all the dragons have powers over elements, with some of them being seemingly made of said elements.
* HeroKiller: It's implied that they kill their Dragon Slayer opponents before Ultear's Last Ages spell reverses time and lets the Dragon Slayers turn the tables. It's made far more apparent in the anime, where the Dragon Slayers are actually shown facing their imminent deaths.
* MoreThanMindControl: Though Future Rogue uses his Dragon Manipulation magic to get the dragons to do his bidding, a number of them outright state that they love terrorizing humans and wrecking everything that they honestly don't care they're being controlled.
* NoSell: Magic of virtually every sort has no effect on them, not even attacks dealt by Wizard Saints Makarov and Jura, who are themselves established {{Badass}}es among humans. The only ones who stand any chance against them are [[MeaningfulName Dragon Slayers]], and even then their magic is barely developed enough to pose anything more than a mild annoyance.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their designs vary drastically but are predominantly European in appearance, from more conventional-looking dragons like Zirconis to ones made entirely out of their elements such as flame and rock.
* PutOnABus: They're forced to return to the past at the end of the Grand Magic Games arc after Eclipse is destroyed. Since most of them were wiped out in the past, this results in a BusCrash for most of them.
* WakeUpCallBoss: As Mavis notes after the dragons return to the past, ''none'' of the Dragon Slayers actually managed to slay a single dragon (all of which are said to not even be on Acnologia's level), and they are equipped with magic that is supposed to make it possible. For perspective, Zirconis is the ButtMonkey who has the upper hand over two Dragon Slayers (one being S-Class), while the other dragons are against one at most, without even trying.
!!Zirconis
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The Jade Dragon. He was killed 400 years ago by Acnologia during the dragons' civil war, in which he opposed those who wanted to live in harmony with humans. Wendy resurrects his spirit for information on what happened to her, Natsu, and Gajeel's dragon parents.
->Voiced by: Creator/TakayaKuroda (JP)
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* BadassBeard: He has two tendrils on his chin that look like a Fu Manchu. He strokes them when he's talking.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's funny, but still stands up to two dragon slayers, and in the anime, actually gets scary when he's mad, especially when he stops talking.
* ButtMonkey: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. He's the weakest of the seven dragons that came through the Eclipse Gate, but that by no means makes him ''weak'', as he was still able to mop the floor with Wendy and Mirajane.
* ChekhovsGunman: He reappears later as one of the seven dragons to make it through the gate. Of course, he doesn't know who Lucy and Wendy are at this point.
* CharacterTics: Stroking his tendrils.
* EvilIsFunny: A bastard of a dragon that enjoys eating humans, but he is absolutely hilarious.
* TheGadfly: He scares Team Natsu (except Erza, who wasn't present, and Wendy, who's concentrating on keeping his spirit around) just to see their reaction.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: He doesn't enjoy eating men, but does like eating women. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything
* {{Jerkass}}: Borders on PoliticallyIncorrectVillain at some times.
* MeaningfulName: Invokes this with Princess Hisui, whose name means "jade".
* MrExposition: He's the one who revealed the origins of the Dragon Graveyard beneath Crocus.
* TheNudifier: His BreathWeapon.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: A ghost ''dragon''.
* PosthumousCharacter: Zig-zagged; he's dead in the present, and was temporarily revived by Wendy's Milky Way spell. We later see him as alive, thanks to the TimyWimeyBall plot of the Eclipse Gate, but once the Eclipse Gate is destroyed, he goes back to being dead.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Averted. His BreathWeapon can rid the clothes of of a human being, but he does it just so he can eat them. According to him, clothing ruins the flavor.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd[=/=]WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Compared to the other dragons, Zirconis is pathetic and pretty much a joke. Not that this makes him less dangerous, as he manages to NoSell Mira's Satan Soul attack as if it was nothing. And even despite going up against two Dragon Slayers (Wendy and Laxus) while the others had one at most, he still has the upper hand.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Zirconis or Zilconis?
* ToServeMan: And he's proud of it. He even considers 400 years ago to be peaceful times ''because'' dragons were top of the food chain and could eat humans as they pleased.
!!Motherglare
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate. This particular dragon is notable for being Future Rogue's personal mount, as well as being a MookMaker.
->Voiced by: Furukou Shitayama (JP)
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* AdaptationExpansion: Motherglare gets a lot more characterization in the anime.
* AmbiguousGender: Its actual gender hasn't been confirmed yet. It's voice in the anime appears to be masculine.
* DarkIsEvil: Hir scales are an extremely dark grey.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn't understand why Atlas Flame would help Natsu, for simply being a child raised by Igneel
* GiantFlyer: Serves as this to Future Rogue. He's also the largest of the seven dragons.
* HeroKiller: Motherglare's hatchlings were shown killing several prominent characters before Ultear turned back time.
* MadeOfDiamond: Claims to have an adamantine body, impervious even to the fangs of other dragons. To his/her defense, it has a body full of hard-looking scales. Is worth noticing that said body is so hard that it crashes the Eclipse Gate when he falls on it.
* MookMaker: Can create mini-dragon creatures.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* WaveMotionGun: Its BreathWeapon. Whatever it is, it can't harm Atlas Flame's body.
!!Atlas Flame
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One of the seven dragons that manages to come through the Eclipse Gate. Also the 'Eternal Flame' of the Giant Village.
->Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP)
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* {{Badass}}: Even though it is attributed to being a dragon, he still qualifies for being able to NoSell a giant Makarov's fists and Laxus' lightning.
** BadassBoast : Tends to boast quite a bit about his flames.
--> '''Atlas Flame:''' "You'd be mistaken to take my hellfires lightly.Flames of Titans that bellow more violently than those in Hell[[spoiler:,and the one that has ingested these flames,my fellow fire dragon." ]]
* ChekhovsGunman: After four hundred years ([[TimeyWimeyBall to him, anyway), he runs into Natsu again in the Giant Village. Turns out, he was what they were looking for, there.]]
* DeadAllAlong: The Atlas Flame seen in the Giant Village is just his spirit.
* HeelFaceTurn: After finding out that Natsu is Igneel's son.
* HeroicSacrifice: With what little remains of his spirits power he sacrifices himself to free the Giants.
* HonoraryUncle: Natsu calls him "Uncle" after Atlas Flame reveals he's Igneel's friend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His death caused by the Ice Devil Slaying Magic caused him to lose most of his memories. Though he is able to recall some of it when reminded.
* LivingMacGuffin: He's the 'Eternal Flame' that protects the Giant Village.
* MrExposition: He's the one who tells Fairy Tail about E.N.D. and Silver (if in somewhat vague terms), {{foreshadowing}} the start of the Tartarus Arc.
* NighInvulnerable: So far he's capable of burning any magic that touches him. Until he met Silver, the [[AnIcePerson Ice]] [[DemonSlaying Devil Slayer]], who froze him (and the rest of the Giant Village) solid.That said,there's a chance he died before that,by more natural causes.
* PlayingWithFire: Igneel is not the only one who has a domain over fire.
** HellFire: He describes his BreathWeapon as such before unleashing it against Fairy Tail.
** WreathedInFlames: He apparently has flames instead of flesh, giving the overall impression of a burning dragon skeleton.
* RedBaron: "The Eternal Flame."
* TakeAThirdOption: Implied. He's good friends with Igneel, a dragon in the pro-human faction, but doesn't seem to mind eating humans or barbecuing them. It's likely that he stayed out of the dragon civil war, taking neither side to avoid facing his friend.
!!Levia
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate.
->Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara (JP)
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* BeardOfEvil: Despite his ichtian looks, he sports a beard at the tip of his chin.
* BreakThemByTalking: Tries to do this to Rogue by revealing it was his future self who brought them to the present.
* DarkIsEvil: The anime gives him extremely dark coloration.
* MeaningfulName: His name is derived from "Leviathan", a giant sea monster, to go with his aquatic attributes, namely his fins.
* NoSell: Rogue failed to harm him at all, but only because he was too indecisive and mentally unsure.
* SlasherSmile: Even for dragon standards, he's constantly grinning.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Scissor Runner don't work well together.
* YouCantFightFate: Invokes this as part of his speech to Rogue.
!!Scissor Runner
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate.
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* TheBrute: He's seen chasing Sting ''through'' a building and is immediatly chastised by Levia for his brutish methods.
* MeaningfulName: Yes, he's the one with the giant pincers-like appendages coming out of his face.
* NonElemental: In the anime his dragon breath manifests as a sort of WaveMotionGun.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Levia don't work well together.
!!Rock Dragon
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->Voiced by: Eiji Sekiguchi (JP)
A dragon whose entire body is made of rocks.
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* DishingOutDirt: He's essentially a living, breathing rock.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In contrast to most other dragons.
* NoNameGiven: One of only two dragons to receive no name, and is even credited simply as "Rock Dragon" in the anime.
* [[NoSell No]] [[JustForPun Smell]]: Ichiya tries knocking it out using ''parfum'' derived from his own body odor. Normally this would work due to a dragon's [[TheNoseKnows keen sense of smell]]...except this dragon has no nose.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Jenny's attempts to seduce the dragon are a hopeless effort.
!!Dark Dragon
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A dragon with black scales.
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* DarkIsEvil: Has pitch-black scales.
* HeroKiller: It's implied that this dragon kills Gajeel before Ultear rewinds time.
* NoNameGiven: The other along with the rock dragon.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a purple underbelly.
* TheVoiceless: Is the only dragon who never opens its mouth to talk, yet all dragons are fully capable of speech.
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!Dragons
[[folder:In General]]
Dragons in ''Manga/FairyTail'' are rarely seen by human beings, and are thus considered mythical creatures. However, they have existed since ancient times.
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* BreathWeapon: All dragons have some form of this or another.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:TheDragonsComeBack at just the right moment to stop Face.]]
* ElementalPowers: So far nearly all the dragons have powers over elements, with some of them being seemingly made of said elements.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Zirconis stated the dragons who liked humans taught them dragon slayer magic to fight off against the ones who found them rather delicious. Unfortunately, they didn't account humans using the powers on ''all dragons''. And one of those slayers later turns into Acnologia.
* MadeOfIron: Aside from Dragon Slayer magic and other dragons, they are capable of [[NoSell No Selling]] and shrugging off any attack done them without any effort. Even a minor one like Atlas Flame can laugh off [[{{Badass}} Makarov, a wizard saint]].
** Remember how Dragon Slayer is supposed to harm them? In theory, it should have damaged them. In practice, it's as useless as any other kind of magic unless it is powerful enough. And this is magic that is made for these behemoths.
* NoNameGiven: The Dark Dragon that fought Gajeel and the Rock Dragon that fought Cobra.
* NoSell: Normal magic won't leave so much as a scratch. Neither will Dragon Slayer magic unless it is ''really'' powerful.
** Though it is becoming increasingly apparent that [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] have little trouble with them. This is probably because Curses, which demons use, [[UnequalRites don't count as magic, and thus is exempt from this rule.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: There are two kinds of dragons: those who love humans, and those who'd love to ''[[IAmAHumanitarian eat]]'' them. [[TheJuggernaut Both kinds are downright unstoppable]].
** And as far as physical characteristics go, these guys are all over the place. There are some standard looking dragons, then there are the ones that are made of rocks, surrounded by flames, have feathers, one even has big ass blades sticking out of his face.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler: Apparently, the trade-off for the dragons sealing themselves inside their children is that it prevents them from accessing Dragon Force at will. And even if they could, in the case of newer Gen slayers like Sting and Rogue, their Dragon Force is not as strong as it's supposed to be. Dragon Force allows the user to become closer to a dragon in power and physical characteristics (hence the scales). So basically, Dragon Force is the first step towards Dragon-hood which is what Igneel & co. were trying to prevent. ]]
* TakesOneToKillOne: One of the only things that can hurt a Dragon is another Dragon. Dragon Slayers can hurt Dragons because their magic ''is'' Dragon magic. Demons may be an exception [[spoiler:since Silver's Ice Devil Slayer power was able to freeze Atlas Flame's spirit. Then again, Atlas Flame was already dead, being a spirit.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: As Mavis notes, ''none'' of the Dragon Slayers actually manage to slay a single dragon (all of which are implied to not even be on Acnologia's level), and they are equipped with magic that is supposed to make it possible. For perspective, Zirconis is the ButtMonkey who has the upper hand over two Dragon Slayers (one being S-class), while the other dragons are against one at most, without even trying.
** Worse still is the fact that the Dragon Slayers were the only seven people among hundreds of powerful mages that could even hurt them. And considering the implication that Acnologia is coming back in a year, humanity might be screwed.
* WeaksauceWeakness: While the dragons seems to be impervious to magic, even powerful and ancient spells or normally game-breaking powers, they can be damaged by the Dragon Slayer magic. In fact even if the seven Dragon Slayers failed to kill them, they still managed to make them flinch with their attacks.
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[[folder:Igneel]]
!!Igneel
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The King of Fire Dragons. He's Natsu's foster father, as well as the one who taught him Dragon Slayer magic. He disappeared mysteriously seven years before the start of the story, but still watches over Natsu from afar.
->Voiced by: HidekatsuShibata (JP), Bob Magruder (EN)
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* ActionDad: To Natsu, though he's obviously not Natsu's biological father.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: According to Atlas Flame, he is the King of the Fire Dragons.
* BigGood: [[spoiler: He serves this role by the time the Tartaros arc rolls around, when he finally comes out of hiding to battle [[BiggerBad Acnologia]], with Mavis serving as the secondary BigGood to Zeref's BigBad]]
* BreakTheBadass: According to Atlas Flame, he was on the receiving end of this from a demon known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast E.N.D.]] The kicker? E.N.D. just so happens to be the Guild Master of Tartarus, the same guild that massacred the Magic Council and seems hell-bent to KillAllHumans.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Igneel manages to tear off [[spoiler:Acnologia's]] arm in chapter 414 in a SingleStrokeBattle. His opponent in turn [[spoiler:took away most of Igneel's torso before vaporizing him.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: [[spoiler:Acnologia knows where Natsu lives, anyway. His reappearance causes Igneel to wonder aloud if he finally has no choice but to make his move.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The [[MementoMacGuffin scarf]] he gave to Natsu went on to save him from Zeref's Death Magic.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Actually, ''all'' of the dragons were hiding inside of the Dragon Slayers to prevent them from being turned into dragons like Acnologia.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Natsu must have inherited it from him.
-->'''[[spoiler:Acnologia]]:''' ([[spoiler:As he's delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]]) Is that all of your power? King of the Flame Dragons.
-->'''Igneel:''' I've been sleeping for a long time.
** DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He says the above with a shit-eating grin on his face while covered in blood and scars. He's definitely Natsu's dad, balls of steel included.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Bites off Acnologia's entire arm fight before dying, himself.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:In Chapter 412, Igneel seems to have gotten in a good shot at Acnologia, as Acnologia is seen being thrown to the ground from way high up. That said, Mard Geer ''did'' imply that Acnologia could be affected by Face, so it could have also been a combination of the two. But even then, Acnologia is still not down and out.]]
* DisappearedDad: To Natsu.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath[=/=]StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Which Natsu had a front-row seat for. Mashima clearly has no problem with {{gorn}} when it comes to non-humans.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has some scars over his body.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler:Throughout the entire series, he has been [[ItMakesSenseInContext hiding inside of Natsu]]. He finally emerges when he had no choice but to intervene, or risk losing Natsu (and by extension, possibly himself) to Acnologia's onslaught.]]
* HotBlooded: Natsu inherited his temper from him.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Acnologia.]]
* KirkSummation: [[spoiler:Tried one of these on Acnologia. [[ShutUpKirk It goes as well as you'd expect]].]]
* PlayingWithFire: The Fire Dragon.
** BreathWeapon
** IncendiaryExponent: Can wreath himself in flames.
* MeaningfulName: 'Igneel' sounds very similar to 'Dragneel,' and 'ignis' is the Latin root for 'fire.'
* MegatonPunch: His own version of the Fire Dragon Iron Fist, and it's strong enough to make ''[[spoiler: Acnologia]]'' stagger.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: A ''rare'' heroic example. [[spoiler: He takes his sweet time for '''''14 years''''' before he finally gets off his ass to do something about Acnologia, preferring to let his son do all the work before that. Especially egregious when he could've come out the first time Acnologia came out to play 7 years ago. (Granted, Mavis saves Fairy Tail's entire ass in the end, but still....) ]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: The second reason he hid inside of Natsu. [[spoiler:He wanted to take a shot at Acnologia, himself. Leads to his undoing.]]
* SaveTheVillain: Unintentionally, but his actions count. [[spoiler:Acnologia was about to kill Marde Guille, and by extension, destroy E.N.D.'s Book of Zeref, with its WaveMotionGun BreathWeapon. Igneel rams into Acnologia before it could finish charging, interrupting it. Probably [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], however, considering Acnologia's BreathWeapon enters FantasticNuke territory with just how much destruction it causes with one use, and that it would have probably killed everyone else in and around Magnolia if it had had a chance to fire.]]
* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:When Acnologia returns during the battle against Fairy Tail and Tartarus, Igneel reveals he's been inside Natsu ever since he disappeared.]].
** [[spoiler: SealedInAPersonShapedCan]]
* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:How Acnologia kills him.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Shown to be smiling and laughing when near Natsu, but is far more rude and bad-tempered when Grandine's around.
* TheWorfBarrage: [[spoiler:Blasts Acnologia with a point-blank BreathWeapon. [[NoSell It didn't even scratch it.]]]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Acnologia]] acknowledges him as one, which is why [[spoiler:Acnologia]] is both willing to speak to him and actually try his best to kill him instead of [[JustToyingWithThem simply toying with him]].
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: What's that, Natsu? You wanna have a heart-to-heart with your DisappearedDad? [[spoiler:Nope! Go get E.N.D.'s [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book of Zeref]] from Marde Guille first. And [[TemptingFate don't you dare open it]].]]
** YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal It will never happen now]].]]
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[[folder:Metalicana]]
!!Metalicana
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The Iron Dragon who raised Gajeel. Not much is known about him.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He, Grandine, Skiadrum, and Weißlogia appeared, and began destroying the Faces. They may not have destroyed ''all'' of them, but magic won't be completely wiped out due to their efforts.]]
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:He, like Igneel, wanted to prevent Gajeel from becoming a dragon like Acnologia.]]
* DisappearedDad: To Gajeel.
* ExtraOreDinary: The Iron Dragon.
* TheGhost: Mentioned quite a few times, but never actually appears outside of an illusion created by Gajeel. [[spoiler:Atleast until Chapter 412]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Implied to be one by Gajeel.
* MeaningfulName
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grandine]]
!!Grandine[[note]]"Grandeeney" in the Del Ray manga translation[[/note]]
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The Sky Dragon who raised Wendy. Not much is known about her.
->Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), Pam Dougherty (EN)
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Appeared with Metalicana, Skiadrum, and Weißlogia to destroy the Faces in order to prevent the eradication of magic.]]
* BlowYouAway: As part of her "Sky" powers, she can manipulate winds.
* LightEmUp: Implied as part of her powers.
* MeaningfulName: Grandine is Italian for "hail".
* MissingMom: To Wendy.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: [[spoiler:Come on, you don't want cute little Wendy to become a dragon like Acnologia, do you?]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: She has a small, triangular head and has feathery wings.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Grandine/Grandeeney
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Acnologia]]
!!Acnologia
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The Black Dragon who flies around the world, bringing destruction to wherever dark thoughts gather. When he WasOnceAMan in his youth, he was the most powerful and feared Dragon Slayer ''ever'', having wracked up an enormous body count of dragons. Somehow, he himself morphed into a dragon, and is considered such a menace that it is believed only after ''Zeref himself'' is killed that anybody has a chance against him.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Igneel bites his arm off right before being killed, himself. At least he went down fighting.]]
* {{Animorphism}}: He was once a human.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Probably the one thing that could make [[spoiler:Tartarus]] have a MassOhCrap reaction.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He became the Dragon King by killing many other dragons and eventually transformed into one.
** He also takes over the world in Future Rogue's timeline.
* {{Badass}}: [[PunyEarthlings Not that it would care about anyone pointing this out]], but he takes out ''21'' of Fairy Tail's most powerful mages [[CurbStompBattle in one shot.]]
** BreakTheBadass: What he does to Fairy Tail.
** In hindsight, he was really {{Badass}} as a human, considering he killed ''masses'' of Dragons. The top guilds had trouble with a mere seven; Acnologia likely killed ''hundreds'' on its ''own''.
* BiggerBad: He is more of a force of nature than a person (mainly because he rarely talks), and he tends to hide in the background while actual villains take up the spotlight. The primary focus is currently on Zeref, whose Tartarus minions menace the common folk in his place, but he remains a far more threatening creature. The heroes believe they have ''no shot'' against him until they kill Zeref himself.
* BloodKnight: He ''really'' enjoyed slaying dragons when he was human.
* BoomerangBigot: Looks down on humans despite being one once. Judging by [[spoiler:what he says to Igneel]], he doesn't like ''Dragons'' either.
* BreathWeapon[=/=]WaveMotionGun: It appeared to have turned Sirius Island into a crater.
* DarkIsEvil: Or at least, dark is indiscriminately destructive.
* TheDreaded: He is a creature so powerful, so dangerous, that '''Zeref himself''' fears him, considering him to be a being that humans could never match. Whenever he appears, a MassOhCrap is sure to follow, first at Sirius Island (where even Gildartz, Mavis, and Makarov were speechless), and then with the entirety of Tartaros (even the egotistical Mard Geer had to sweatdrop at his appearance).
* DiabolusExMachina: He always shows up as a way to say "Fuck you" to anybody who thinks they're about to win. It often has nothing to do with him, yet he shows up anyway, purely to fuck with people.
** While celebrating their survival in their win against Grimoire Heart, out of nowhere and with little warning, Acnologia comes and toys with Fairy Tail before destroying the entire island outright with a single breath-attack.
** He becomes this ''again'' during the Tartarus arc. [[ArcVillain Marde Geer]] speculates that, once again, he was drawn to Zeref's presence (Zeref himself is ''terrified'' of the motherfucker, mind).
* FallenHero: Considering he was one of the Slayers that was trained to help bring humans and dragons closer, it probably wouldn't be a stretch to say he was once seen by many as a potential savior to humanity and the dragon's dreams. Then he started to [[KillEmAll kill his own allies willingly]]...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A subtle one during the Sirius Island arc: when Acnologia manages to pin Makarov to the ground, rather than mauling him like a beast he hits him with his arms, in other words, like a person punching someone. Much later we find out that he actually was a human.
* TheJuggernaut: If the top guilds, Fairy Tail included, struggled with 7 lowly Dragons, then the Sirius Island group truly didn't have a single hope of stopping this behemoth.
* JustToyingWithThem: Gildarts notices that Acnologia is simply toying with the Fairy Tail wizards when he attacks them.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: An interesting example. [[spoiler:Acnologia wanted to take the opportunity to kill Marde Guille and destroy E.N.D.'s [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book of Zeref]] while he was on his rampage, and was about to hit Marde Guille with his BreathWeapon, which would have destroyed E.N.D. - and probably everyone else in a ten mile radius - in the process, ensuring E.N.D. can never be resurrected. [[SaveTheVillain Igneel intervened just in time.]]]] Borders on DangerouslyGenreSavvy, given how they work.
* KillEmAll: His creed as a Dragon Slayer. Not so much that he was being a KnightTemplar about his role, but moreso that he ''really'' liked his job, and massacred all dragons he came across, friend or foe, pretty much because he could.
* KnightOfCerebus: When you can pull off a MassOhCrap reaction...
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He turned into a dragon after slaying many of them, though it is implied he was transformed due to separate means.
** HeroKiller: He's the reason Gildarts is missing his left arm and most of his organs.
*** Taken [[UpToEleven up to eleven]] when it tries to blow up Sirius Island and everyone on it. Thanks to the power of Fairy Sphere, they survive.
*** And again when he [[spoiler:kills Igneel, rather graphically. Right in front of Natsu.]]
* MeaningfulName: Given one in 401 thanks to AlternateCharacterReading . It means [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Advent of End Times.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Black Dragon of the Apocalypse."
* NighInvulnerable: So far, it has shrugged off Makarov's [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Titan form]], a CombinationAttack from the best mages on Fairy Tail's roster (including four different Dragon Slayers), and even [[spoiler:Igneel's BreathWeapon]]. This thing is [[TheJuggernaut virtually unstoppable]].
** Recently though, he has shown some vulnerability, actually staggering from one of Igneel's MegatonPunch{{s}} and, as of chapter 412, was [[spoiler: smashed into the ground by the very same dragon]]. The later might be a case of WorfHadTheFlu though, as Mard Geer states that [[spoiler: Face would affect even Acnologia, which makes sense given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer turned with magic, and the device had finally activated by that point]]. Even then, it seems that all [[spoiler:Igneel]] accomplished was pissing him off.
* OmnicidalManiac: Openly states his intention to destroy everything.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Just as intelligent and capable of speech as the other dragons in the series. He is also ruthless, brutal, and completely chaotic. Not to mention, he WasOnceAMan.
* [[MyGreatestFailure Our Greatest Failure]]: [[spoiler:Igneel]] refers to him as the negative legacy the dragons left behind. Considering that he was meant to be one of the heroes that would bring humans and dragons closer together, it wouldn't be a stretch to say Acnologia is the embodiment of everything that could have and did go wrong with that plan.
* PhysicalGod: Quite possibly the closest thing to one in the Fairy-Tail-verse. His sheer power makes everyone who sees him, including the likes of [[TheDreaded Zeref]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer]], go OhCrap, he NoSell{{s}} everything that's thrown at him (including Magic that's [[NighInvulnerable supposed to be able to kill his kind]]), and he utterly destroys everything that gets in his way. When Zeref says that humans could never hope to match him, he's speaking ''literally''.
* {{Pride}}: Considers himself far above everything and everyone, humans and Dragons alike. He won't even speak to humans.
* PunyEarthlings: Acnologia considers humans to be no more that mere insects and--just as humans have no desire to talk or reason with insects--has no desire to talk or reason with humans, despite the fact that he used to be human.
* RedBaron: "The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse" and "The Dragon King". Marde also calls him Darkwing Acnologia.
* RoarBeforeBeating: Later on, he almost completely destroys the island in a few swings were it not for the intervention of Makarov and Mavis.
* RunOrDie: The common reaction to his appearance is to either stop whatever you're doing and leg it as fast as you can in the opposite direction or prepare to make your LastStand.
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: The first time we ever hear him bother to speak is during his fight with Igneel, when he notes that he's surprised to see another dragon after so long. He goes so far to say that he acknowledges the Fire Dragon King as an opponent... right before voicing his decision to destroy him.]]
* SuperpersistentPredator: The moment it senses Zeref's presence, it immediately makes a beeline for him.
* TranshumanTreachery: ''Strongly'' implied by [[spoiler:Igneel]] to have been the case with him. Whether or not Zeref had anything to do with it still isn't quite confirmed.
* WalkingSpoiler: Well, technically, [[CaptainObvious it flies]].
* WasOnceAMan: Acnologia was once a Dragon Slayer who was turned into a Dragon via an unknown method. Turns out this is something that happens to ''all'' Dragon Slayers eventually, [[spoiler:unless they have certain antibodies to prevent it. The present-day Dragon Slayers' Dragon parents sealed themselves in their children for seven years to create those antibodies.]]
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Just having this monster fly overhead creates a shockwave so powerful that it can topple an entire building.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Implied as of chapter 412. [[spoiler: Mard Geer speculated earlier that Face's activation would affect Acnologia as well, given his [[WasOnceAMan previous]] form as a Dragonslayer transformed by magic. Sure enough, once Face is activated, Acnologia comes a-tumbling down from the sky hit by one of Igneel's strikes, seemingly defeated.]] He [[TheJuggernaut still gets up from this.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Weißlogia]]
!!Weißlogia
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The White Dragon who raised Sting, and was killed by him to turn him into a "true" Dragon Slayer.
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* BadassBeard: As seen in a picture, he was bearded and apparently quite aged.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Reappears with Metalicana, Grandine, and Skiadrum to destroy the Faces.]]
* DeathSeeker: By letting Sting kill him and bathe in his blood, Weißlogia hoped to create the ultimate Dragon Slayer.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:He was never dead. He was just hiding inside of Sting to prevent him from being turned into a dragon like Acnologia.]]
* GoodCounterpart: Perhaps to Acnologia, judging by their names having the same ending.
* HolyHandGrenade: Contrary to popular belief, White magic, which he taught to Sting, is ''not'' Light magic (which is its own specific brand and was used by a former member of Fairy Tail) - it's the equivalent of Holiness.
** HolyBurnsEvil: What his magic is implied to do.
** LightEmUp: White magic causes a white glow to surround the caster, but otherwise, is not related to Light magic in any way.
* MeaningfulName: "Weiß" is German for "white".
* OddNameOut: Weißlogia's title is the "White Dragon" rather than the "Light Dragon".
** Because his magic is "holy", not "light".
* PosthumousCharacter: Sting killed him years ago. [[spoiler:Except [[SubvertedTrope not really]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Skiadrum]]
!!Skiadrum
The Shadow Dragon who raised Rogue, and was killed by him to turn him into a "true" Dragon Slayer.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Returned with the other dragons to destroy the Faces.]]
* CastingAShadow: He is a Shadow Dragon
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a dark dragon, he still taught humans how to defend themselves like Igneel.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: He was hiding inside of Rogue to prevent him from becoming a dragon like Acnologia. [[FridgeHorror And he might have been suffering inside of him all of that time]].]]
* [[IllGirl Ill Dragon]]: He was deathly ill and was {{Mercy Kill}}ed by Rogue. [[spoiler:However as he faked his death, he also may have faked his illness too.]]
* IntangibleMan: According to Rogue, the Shadow Dragon can make itself intangible in order to hunt its prey.
* MeaningfulName: "Skia" is Greek for "shadow".
* MercyKill: What Rogue does to him. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Except not really]].]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Rogue killed him years ago because he was terminally ill. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or so we thought]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Seven Dragons]]
During the Grand Magic Games, Future Rogue tricks Princess Hisui into opening the Eclipse Gate so he can summon these seven dragons from 400 years in the past to defeat Acnologia.
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%%* {{Badass}}: It comes with being a dragon.
* BreathWeapon: Not all of them breathe fire, but their breath attacks are still powerful enough to split the entire town of Crocus in half.
* ElementalPowers: Nearly all the dragons have powers over elements, with some of them being seemingly made of said elements.
* HeroKiller: It's implied that they kill their Dragon Slayer opponents before Ultear's Last Ages spell reverses time and lets the Dragon Slayers turn the tables. It's made far more apparent in the anime, where the Dragon Slayers are actually shown facing their imminent deaths.
* MoreThanMindControl: Though Future Rogue uses his Dragon Manipulation magic to get the dragons to do his bidding, a number of them outright state that they love terrorizing humans and wrecking everything that they honestly don't care they're being controlled.
* NoSell: Magic of virtually every sort has no effect on them, not even attacks dealt by Wizard Saints Makarov and Jura, who are themselves established {{Badass}}es among humans. The only ones who stand any chance against them are [[MeaningfulName Dragon Slayers]], and even then their magic is barely developed enough to pose anything more than a mild annoyance.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their designs vary drastically but are predominantly European in appearance, from more conventional-looking dragons like Zirconis to ones made entirely out of their elements such as flame and rock.
* PutOnABus: They're forced to return to the past at the end of the Grand Magic Games arc after Eclipse is destroyed. Since most of them were wiped out in the past, this results in a BusCrash for most of them.
* WakeUpCallBoss: As Mavis notes after the dragons return to the past, ''none'' of the Dragon Slayers actually managed to slay a single dragon (all of which are said to not even be on Acnologia's level), and they are equipped with magic that is supposed to make it possible. For perspective, Zirconis is the ButtMonkey who has the upper hand over two Dragon Slayers (one being S-Class), while the other dragons are against one at most, without even trying.
!!Zirconis
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The Jade Dragon. He was killed 400 years ago by Acnologia during the dragons' civil war, in which he opposed those who wanted to live in harmony with humans. Wendy resurrects his spirit for information on what happened to her, Natsu, and Gajeel's dragon parents.
->Voiced by: Creator/TakayaKuroda (JP)
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* BadassBeard: He has two tendrils on his chin that look like a Fu Manchu. He strokes them when he's talking.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's funny, but still stands up to two dragon slayers, and in the anime, actually gets scary when he's mad, especially when he stops talking.
* ButtMonkey: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. He's the weakest of the seven dragons that came through the Eclipse Gate, but that by no means makes him ''weak'', as he was still able to mop the floor with Wendy and Mirajane.
* ChekhovsGunman: He reappears later as one of the seven dragons to make it through the gate. Of course, he doesn't know who Lucy and Wendy are at this point.
* CharacterTics: Stroking his tendrils.
* EvilIsFunny: A bastard of a dragon that enjoys eating humans, but he is absolutely hilarious.
* TheGadfly: He scares Team Natsu (except Erza, who wasn't present, and Wendy, who's concentrating on keeping his spirit around) just to see their reaction.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: He doesn't enjoy eating men, but does like eating women. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything
* {{Jerkass}}: Borders on PoliticallyIncorrectVillain at some times.
* MeaningfulName: Invokes this with Princess Hisui, whose name means "jade".
* MrExposition: He's the one who revealed the origins of the Dragon Graveyard beneath Crocus.
* TheNudifier: His BreathWeapon.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: A ghost ''dragon''.
* PosthumousCharacter: Zig-zagged; he's dead in the present, and was temporarily revived by Wendy's Milky Way spell. We later see him as alive, thanks to the TimyWimeyBall plot of the Eclipse Gate, but once the Eclipse Gate is destroyed, he goes back to being dead.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Averted. His BreathWeapon can rid the clothes of of a human being, but he does it just so he can eat them. According to him, clothing ruins the flavor.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd[=/=]WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Compared to the other dragons, Zirconis is pathetic and pretty much a joke. Not that this makes him less dangerous, as he manages to NoSell Mira's Satan Soul attack as if it was nothing. And even despite going up against two Dragon Slayers (Wendy and Laxus) while the others had one at most, he still has the upper hand.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Zirconis or Zilconis?
* ToServeMan: And he's proud of it. He even considers 400 years ago to be peaceful times ''because'' dragons were top of the food chain and could eat humans as they pleased.
!!Motherglare
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate. This particular dragon is notable for being Future Rogue's personal mount, as well as being a MookMaker.
->Voiced by: Furukou Shitayama (JP)
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* AdaptationExpansion: Motherglare gets a lot more characterization in the anime.
* AmbiguousGender: Its actual gender hasn't been confirmed yet. It's voice in the anime appears to be masculine.
* DarkIsEvil: Hir scales are an extremely dark grey.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn't understand why Atlas Flame would help Natsu, for simply being a child raised by Igneel
* GiantFlyer: Serves as this to Future Rogue. He's also the largest of the seven dragons.
* HeroKiller: Motherglare's hatchlings were shown killing several prominent characters before Ultear turned back time.
* MadeOfDiamond: Claims to have an adamantine body, impervious even to the fangs of other dragons. To his/her defense, it has a body full of hard-looking scales. Is worth noticing that said body is so hard that it crashes the Eclipse Gate when he falls on it.
* MookMaker: Can create mini-dragon creatures.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* WaveMotionGun: Its BreathWeapon. Whatever it is, it can't harm Atlas Flame's body.
!!Atlas Flame
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One of the seven dragons that manages to come through the Eclipse Gate. Also the 'Eternal Flame' of the Giant Village.
->Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (JP)
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* {{Badass}}: Even though it is attributed to being a dragon, he still qualifies for being able to NoSell a giant Makarov's fists and Laxus' lightning.
** BadassBoast : Tends to boast quite a bit about his flames.
--> '''Atlas Flame:''' "You'd be mistaken to take my hellfires lightly.Flames of Titans that bellow more violently than those in Hell[[spoiler:,and the one that has ingested these flames,my fellow fire dragon." ]]
* ChekhovsGunman: After four hundred years ([[TimeyWimeyBall to him, anyway), he runs into Natsu again in the Giant Village. Turns out, he was what they were looking for, there.]]
* DeadAllAlong: The Atlas Flame seen in the Giant Village is just his spirit.
* HeelFaceTurn: After finding out that Natsu is Igneel's son.
* HeroicSacrifice: With what little remains of his spirits power he sacrifices himself to free the Giants.
* HonoraryUncle: Natsu calls him "Uncle" after Atlas Flame reveals he's Igneel's friend.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His death caused by the Ice Devil Slaying Magic caused him to lose most of his memories. Though he is able to recall some of it when reminded.
* LivingMacGuffin: He's the 'Eternal Flame' that protects the Giant Village.
* MrExposition: He's the one who tells Fairy Tail about E.N.D. and Silver (if in somewhat vague terms), {{foreshadowing}} the start of the Tartarus Arc.
* NighInvulnerable: So far he's capable of burning any magic that touches him. Until he met Silver, the [[AnIcePerson Ice]] [[DemonSlaying Devil Slayer]], who froze him (and the rest of the Giant Village) solid.That said,there's a chance he died before that,by more natural causes.
* PlayingWithFire: Igneel is not the only one who has a domain over fire.
** HellFire: He describes his BreathWeapon as such before unleashing it against Fairy Tail.
** WreathedInFlames: He apparently has flames instead of flesh, giving the overall impression of a burning dragon skeleton.
* RedBaron: "The Eternal Flame."
* TakeAThirdOption: Implied. He's good friends with Igneel, a dragon in the pro-human faction, but doesn't seem to mind eating humans or barbecuing them. It's likely that he stayed out of the dragon civil war, taking neither side to avoid facing his friend.
!!Levia
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate.
->Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara (JP)
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* BeardOfEvil: Despite his ichtian looks, he sports a beard at the tip of his chin.
* BreakThemByTalking: Tries to do this to Rogue by revealing it was his future self who brought them to the present.
* DarkIsEvil: The anime gives him extremely dark coloration.
* MeaningfulName: His name is derived from "Leviathan", a giant sea monster, to go with his aquatic attributes, namely his fins.
* NoSell: Rogue failed to harm him at all, but only because he was too indecisive and mentally unsure.
* SlasherSmile: Even for dragon standards, he's constantly grinning.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Scissor Runner don't work well together.
* YouCantFightFate: Invokes this as part of his speech to Rogue.
!!Scissor Runner
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Another of the seven dragons that comes through the Eclipse Gate.
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* TheBrute: He's seen chasing Sting ''through'' a building and is immediatly chastised by Levia for his brutish methods.
* MeaningfulName: Yes, he's the one with the giant pincers-like appendages coming out of his face.
* NonElemental: In the anime his dragon breath manifests as a sort of WaveMotionGun.
* PurpleIsPowerful: In the anime.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Levia don't work well together.
!!Rock Dragon
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->Voiced by: Eiji Sekiguchi (JP)
A dragon whose entire body is made of rocks.
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* DishingOutDirt: He's essentially a living, breathing rock.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In contrast to most other dragons.
* NoNameGiven: One of only two dragons to receive no name, and is even credited simply as "Rock Dragon" in the anime.
* [[NoSell No]] [[JustForPun Smell]]: Ichiya tries knocking it out using ''parfum'' derived from his own body odor. Normally this would work due to a dragon's [[TheNoseKnows keen sense of smell]]...except this dragon has no nose.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Jenny's attempts to seduce the dragon are a hopeless effort.
!!Dark Dragon
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A dragon with black scales.
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* DarkIsEvil: Has pitch-black scales.
* HeroKiller: It's implied that this dragon kills Gajeel before Ultear rewinds time.
* NoNameGiven: The other along with the rock dragon.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a purple underbelly.
* TheVoiceless: Is the only dragon who never opens its mouth to talk, yet all dragons are fully capable of speech.
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